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The Undying Flame Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust

Jerry Silverman
Here for the first time is a stirring collection of 110 rare songs from the Holocaust in sixteen languages with singable English translations, songs of resistance, despair, rage, hope, and even humor, written in the face of utter evil. The very existence of these songs raises haunting questions. Who composed them? Who sang them? Who listened? The lyrics, along with extensive historical notes and insightful survivor testimony in this groundbreaking volume, provide moving answers. Musicologist Jerry Silverman has compiled an expansive collection of Holocaustera songs-in Yiddish, German, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Ladino, Serbo-Croatian, Greek, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, and Englishwhich he situates within a vivid historical framework. This volume comprises then work of concentration camp prisoners and inhabitants of the ghettos of Eastern Europe as well as subversive European cabaret music, anti-Fascist anthems inspired by the Spanish Civil War, Red Army songs, and songs of Resistance fighters. Silverman conducted exhaustive research that included interviews with survivors and visits to international archives. In some cases, where the original music has been lost, he has set the words to music usingmtraditional melodies or his original compositions. Included are songs of prewar Germany, of ghettos and camps during the height of the murderous "Final Solution;' and of postwar reflection by such balladeers as Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, Si Kahn, and Tom Paxton.
Syracuse University Press 2020-09-25 342 pages

Ballads and Songs of the Civil War for Guitar

Jerry Silverman
During the Civil War, songs were written & sung by both sides on every aspect of the war: stirring marching songs, sentimental ballads, descriptions of battles & their aftermath, election campaign songs, songs with a political message or social conscience, minstrel songs, & satirical & humorous ditties. The musical arrangements in this book have been kept technically simple -- within the grasp of amateur guitarists. The songs are grouped by categories: the Union, the Confederacy, Lincoln, universal sentiments, soldiers songs, battles, Negro spirituals & abolitionist songs, the lighter side, & Post Bellum. In singing & playing them, a precious legacy of American history will come alive.
Mel Bay Pub. 1997-06-01 159 pages

Songs of England

Jerry Silverman
A colorful mixture of traditional English folk songs and ballads, as well as the history of many of the songs. Many English folk songs are quite familiar in America. Hundreds of them came along with the earliest settlers in the 17th century; others with the Redocoats in the 18th century; still others with the sailors and fisherman of the 19th century; and finally the doughboys and G.I.'s of two world wars have brought over the 20th century's contribution. The book includes melody line, lyrics, historical information, andguitar chords.
Mel Bay Publications 1991 112 pages